Six current football players join lawsuit against NCAA - Fri, 19 Jul 2013 PST

July 19, 2013 in Sports

Ralph D. Russo Associated Press

NEW YORK ? Six current college football players were added as plaintiffs Thursday to a high-profile anti-trust lawsuit that claims the NCAA owes billions of dollars to former players for allowing their likenesses to be used without?compensation.

The players are: Vanderbilt linebacker Chase Garnham; Clemson cornerback Darius Robinson; linebacker Jake Fischer and kicker Jake Smith from Arizona; and tight end Moses Alipate and wide receiver Victor Keise of?Minnesota.

?These athletes are incredibly brave. They are well-aware of the risks of standing up to the NCAA, and yet they felt that this was the right thing to do,? Michael Hausfeld??

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NEW YORK ? Six current college football players were added as plaintiffs Thursday to a high-profile anti-trust lawsuit that claims the NCAA owes billions of dollars to former players for allowing their likenesses to be used without?compensation.

The players are: Vanderbilt linebacker Chase Garnham; Clemson cornerback Darius Robinson; linebacker Jake Fischer and kicker Jake Smith from Arizona; and tight end Moses Alipate and wide receiver Victor Keise of?Minnesota.

?These athletes are incredibly brave. They are well-aware of the risks of standing up to the NCAA, and yet they felt that this was the right thing to do,? Michael Hausfeld, the lead attorney for the plaintiffs, said in a?statement.

Former UCLA basketball star Ed O?Bannon is the lead plaintiff among 16 former college athletes in the long-running legal battle that could fundamentally alter how the NCAA operates. Basketball Hall of Famers Bill Russell and Oscar Robertson previously joined the lawsuit that also names video-game maker EA and the Collegiate Licensing?Company.

A federal judge in Oakland, Calif., on July 5 allowed the attorneys to update their lawsuit to fix legal technicalities, including adding at least one active player to the?lawsuit.

Garnham and Fischer are the most prominent players among the six new plaintiffs, all of whom are?seniors.

Fischer is one of the Pac-12?s top linebackers. He led Arizona with 119 tackles last?year.

Garnham led Vanderbilt with seven sacks and 12.5 tackles for?loss.

Robinson has started six games in each of the last two seasons for the Tigers, though his season was cut short last year by an ankle injury in?October.

Smith is a walk-on who missed last season with a knee injury and is competing for a starting job this season. Keise played 14 games over three seasons for the?Gophers.

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